Hamadryads

noun

Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.nounA wood-nymph who was physically a part of her tree; she would die if her tree were felled.

2.nounThe king cobra.

3.nounA kind of baboon, Papio hamadryas, venerated by the ancient Egyptians.

4.nounAny of various nymphalid butterflies of the genera Hamadryas and Tellervo.

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